Last Christmas, I gleefully sat on a friend’s living room floor playing with his young nephew. Together, for what seemed like hours, we constructed some wonderfully complicated Lego toys together (no, it wasn’t as elaborate as the Griffith Observatory scene above.)
Yesterday, I caught Laura’s most touching and short (600 word) essay about her young son’s passion for his toy pirates, which are carefully placed all over his bedroom floor. Laura’s maternal need for structure and organized chaos in her home is battling with her young son’s desire for creative innocence. If your’re raising a family, can you dig?
"Everything to do with pirates resides on [my son’s bedroom] floor. I can’t walk through [those pirates]…I can’t walk around them…in fact I can barely get in the door. You see, although it might look like a mess to you (and to me), my son has all those pirates strategically placed…"
"Oh yes, those pirates all over the floor, they can definitely stay because as long as the pirates are around I stand a chance of holding onto my little boy for just a little while longer."
Laura over at Organizing Junkie has a terrific site where the Canadian Christian mother pushes her passion for raising a family, and keeping her home in one piece. She is not quite as insane as Amy’s Blog, though. It’s fun seeing how Laura hacks her dollar-store bargains and what recipes she whips up in her crock pot.
We just had to share this with you. The post reminds me of the days when I played LEGO— voraciously. The hours and hours I sat on my floor building skyscrapers and castles. It’s a wonder I never became an architect. I think some rainy day Saturdays I ate and drank LEGO. How fun.
Laura is smart to let her son go overboard. And how generous he is to allow her to vacuum every two weeks!
Picture courtesy of this Lego.
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